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international organizations, and limitations on travel. Additionally, and most significantly, their identities are now known to Islamic terrorists bent on revenge. With that in mind, we believe that it is appropriate to review documents regardless of where they are prepared before publication to ensure that it excludes the names of our officers. By the very nature of possessing a security clearance, we each bear the responsibility of protecting classified information; but, at the end of the day, it is the responsibility of CIA to protect its officers from potential harm.

5. Similarly, our relationships with foreign liaison services and agreements that we make with them are also of concern to us. In some instances, foreign liaison services have shared information with us and agreed to take action on things that they have not even discussed with their own governments. Additionally, we have agreements with some liaison partners that specifically prohibit the release of intelligence information outside our Executive Branch of government. If any of this information becomes public, it erodes our ability to do business with these services and they are subsequently reluctant to do things for us and share information with us. This too, is why we feel it is necessary to review a draft of your final report.

6. We realize that some issues involving liaison services may be directly relevant to the Terms of Reference and of importance to the conclusions and recommendations of your final report. We do not wish to hinder or change this, but we do expect you to work with us to convey what you wish to convey while at the same time protecting our relationship with our liaison partners. Perhaps not identifying the specific country being referenced and rewording intelligence provided by foreign liaison services so that it still conveys your message while distorting where the information may have derived from may be the answer. Again, our intent is not to change the meaning or tone of your report, just ensure that it is done in a way that protects our liaison equities. We would expect that both of us would be in agreement on this issue and partner with each other to ensure that you can convey whatever you wish and we can ensure that our liaison equities are protected.

7. In regard to our redaction of third Agency information, we will simply draft a letter from our Director informing the other agencies that we are providing the information to you. Another solution may be to have the DNI draft a letter to the USG Agencies. The main point is, we can resolve this issue without further discussion or debate.

8. In regard to the issue of notes leaving the Reading Room, I'm a little puzzled by this. Any notes that you take in the Reading Room are subject to review by our redactors if you want to remove them. If our building is one stop of several, and you have notes from previous meetings, then perhaps you can leave them in your vehicle or take other simple practical measures to avoid commingling your notes. If you are taking notes relative to issues not pertinent to this review while in the Reading Room, perhaps the solution is for us to remove all non-relevant material from the Reading Room and make it available at OCA spaces.